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Director
Gilbert Cates
- Born June 6, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA
- Died October 31, 2011
Gilbert “Gil” Cates (born June 6, 1934) is an American film director and television producer. He is probably best known for producing the annual Academy Award shows. In September 2007, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that he would be producing the 80th Academy Awards, his 14th time. The awards took place on Sunday February 24, 2008. Cates directed a number of feature films including I Never Sang for My Father (1970) and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973), Oh, God! Book II (1980) and The Last Married Couple in America (1980).
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Cates was born Gilbert Katz in New York City, the son of Nina (née Peltzman) and Nathan Katz, who was a dress manufacturer. There he attended DeWitt Clinton High School. He is the uncle of noted actress Phoebe Cates and a brother of the producer and director Joseph Cates, with whom he collaborated from time to time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gilbert Cates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Twilight Zone1985
The Oscars1953
Oh, God! Book II1980
I Never Sang for My Father1970
Faerie Tale Theatre1982
Backfire1988
The Last Married Couple in America1980
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams1973
Filmography
- 2004KulturplatzSeriesSelf
- 2002A Death in the FamilyFilmDirector, Producer
- 2002Collected StoriesFilmDirector
- 1999$pentFilmMr. Walsh
- 1998Inside the Golden StatueFilmSelf
- 1996Innocent VictimsFilmDirector
- 1994Confessions: Two Faces of EvilFilmDirector
- 1992In My Daughter's NameFilmExecutive Producer
- 1991Absolute StrangersFilmExecutive Producer, Director
- 1990Call Me AnnaFilmDirector
- 1989Do You Know the Muffin Man?FilmDirector
- 1988BackfireFilmDirector
- 1988Fatal JudgementFilmDirector
- 1988My First LoveFilmDirector
- 1986Child's CryFilmDirector, Producer
- 1985The Twilight ZoneSeriesDirector
- 1985Consenting AdultFilmDirector
- 1984Goldilocks and the Three BearsFilmDirector
- 1984Burning RageFilmDirector
- 1983RapunzelFilmDirector
- 1983Hobson's ChoiceFilmDirector
- 1982Faerie Tale TheatreSeriesDirector
- 1982Country GoldFilmDirector, Supervising Producer
- 1982The Kid From NowhereFilmProducer
- 1980Oh, God! Book IIFilmDirector
- 1980The Last Married Couple in AmericaFilmDirector, Executive Producer
- 1979The Berenstain Bears' Christmas TreeFilmExecutive Producer
- 1979The PromiseFilmDirector
- 1979Skinflint: A Country Christmas CarolFilmExecutive Producer
- 1978Stubby Pringle's ChristmasFilmExecutive Producer
- 197850 Years of Country MusicFilmExecutive Producer
- 1977Johnny, We Hardly Knew YeFilmDirector
- 1977Have I Got a Christmas for YouFilmExecutive Producer
- 1976DragonflyFilmDirector, Producer
- 1974After the FallFilmDirector, Producer
- 1973Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsFilmDirector, Producer
- 1973The AffairFilmDirector
- 1972To All My Friends on ShoreFilmDirector, Producer
- 1970I Never Sang for My FatherFilmDirector, Producer
- 1967Rings Around the WorldFilmDirector, Producer
- 1953The OscarsSeriesProducer